Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by cmdli on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:12PM (#37164957)

Trade should be reciprocal, that's how most trade decisions work. If you add a tariff to foreign goods, it's expected that the other party will add a tariff as well.

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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by kelnos on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:31PM (#37165263)

We're not talking about "trade" here. We're talking about not allowing US citizens/residents access to media that they want to access, regardless of whether or not it is "good for them".

What does that remind us of? The USSR during the cold war? China, today? No thank you.

I think it would be totally fine to use financial controls to, say, ban US users from buying things from ByteDance. But consuming free media should never be restricted just because it comes from a country you don't like.

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Re:Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuter... by CameronNemo on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:17PM (#37165030)

Unilateral trade liberalization is definitely a thing and can have positive effects for the country that liberalizes.

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